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Researchers think they can triple your smartphone battery life but it won't happen soon
by Guest John Callaham- 0 replies
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A new research paper details the efforts of a team at Stanford University who are looking to create a lithium battery that, if successful, could lead to much longer battery life for smartphones and tablets, but it could take several years for that research to yield practical products. The paper, published in the Nature Nanotechnology scientific journal, talks about how the team has created a way to use lithium in a battery's anode component, rather than the typical electrolyte section. This should should allow for those batteries to keep their charge up to three times the lenght of today's packs, which should please people who have to resort to external battery packs…
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Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics gets the all clear from the EU
by Guest Rich Edmonds- 0 replies
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The EU has reached a decision on Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics, passing the deal through with the all clear. The $3 billion deal to purchase the Beats brand has been in the works for some time and will enable Apple to absorb not only the new (and fairly popular) music streaming service, but also an iconic family of premium headphones. It was decided that the transaction, the most expensive acquisition in the history of Apple, would not threaten competition and will be allowed to pass through. The music service is said to be worth around $500 million of the deal, while the headphone business is valued at around $2.5 billion. Beats co-founders Dr. Dre and Ji…
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The Walking Dead Season 3 confirmed by Telltale Games
by Guest Rich Edmonds- 0 replies
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Telltale Games has announced the studio will be developing Season 3 for its Walking Dead series of games. Unfortunately, while details are non-existent as to what will be contained in the game, as well as a release date, it's pleasing for fans to know that Season 3 will be coming to supporting platforms. Numerous sources are expecting a 2015 release, simply because Telltale Games has both Borderlands and Game of Thrones to get through this year. Also, before we see Season 3, there are still two more episodes to hit this year for the current Season of The Walking Dead, so we'll have to play through those before seeking a follow-up. The Walking dead by Telltale Game…
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Apple to acquire radio app Swell for $30 million
by Guest Rich Edmonds- 0 replies
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Apple is set to remain on its purchasing spree with the acquisition of Swell, a popular radio and podcast compiler app available for both iPhone and iPad. According to Re/code sources, the deal is worth around $30 million, a relatively minor purchase in comparison to Beats Electronics at $3 billion. Swell enables consumers tune into their favorite talk shows and podcasts in an intelligent way, providing a more personalized experience. Re/code notes that as part of the acquisition deal, the Swell app is to be taken down this week. Much of the Swell team will be joining Apple post-purchase too, potentially working on improving the in-house podcast app by Apple. That's …
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Apple stores may soon accept iPhone sales through AT&T Next, T-Mobile JUMP and Verizon Edge
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While there's plenty of arguments for and against carrier upgrade programs such as AT&T Next, T-Mobile JUMP and Verizon Edge it looks as though there's at least enough traction there to garner some attention from Apple. According to new information, Apple appears to be readying a significant upgrade to their retail sales plans by firing up a pilot program for customers to be able to purchase a new iPhone through such carrier upgrade programs. The pilot program is said to be starting in late August, in time for it to be fully ready for the iPhone 6 launch as Tim Cook does not want to miss out on any possible sales for that device, and will skip over the current ru…
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For Imagine Cup finalists, Code is the common language
by Guest Aimee Riordan- 0 replies
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The 2014 Imagine Cup comes to Seattle this week and that means 34 teams will be competing in the World Citizenship, Games and Innovation categories. The finalists may come from around the world, but they speak a common language: code. And they’re using code to do some phenomenal things. “With coding we can change our lives. We can change the world by using our keyboard to import,” says Ge Zhuochen, whose team created PersePhone, a peer-to-peer emergency communications platform hosted on Microsoft Azure. “It is amazing. It is the most universal language. Not just like writing a book, but doing active things that can change the world.” Discover why code is the univ…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run: Top 8 tips, hints, and cheats you need to know!
by Guest Allyson Kazmucha- 0 replies
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run is an endless runner by Nickelodeon that lets you play as your favorite turtle characters. You'll have to defeat enemies on rooftops and in the streets in order to make it as far as you can before your energy meter runs out. Along the way you can play mini games, search for pizza, and collect Mutagen, the game's form of premium currency. These are the tips, hints, and cheats we think you need to know to achieve your furthest run ever without having to spend tons of real world cash! 1. Make sure you're collecting green orbs whenever possible If you run out of energy, game over. As you run you'll have to collect green or…
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Best puzzle games for iPad
by Guest Simon Sage- 0 replies
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If you've been looking for a few brain teasers to chew on for your iPad, you've come to the right place. These are the very best puzzle games you can find for the big screen on iOS. There's a healthy dose of physics games here, but number games, word puzzles, and everything kind of puzzler permutation is fair game. As always, we're eager to hear your favorite puzzle games, so please leave a comment with your favorites. Also, we've rounded up some of the best free iPad games elsewhere if you're looking for something a little different. Without further ado, here are our top ten puzzle games for iPad. 1. The Room Two The Room Two takes players on a dark journey …
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New photo shows faster Retina MacBook Pros with 16GB of RAM could be in the works
by Guest Chris Parsons- 0 replies
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If you weren't satisfied with the rumors of a retina MacBook Air and a 4K desktop weren't enough for you, maybe the thought of faster Retina MacBook Pros with a standard 16GB of RAM will grab your attention. That's what a new image from Chinese forum Feng allegedly shows off, though it remains unverified by Apple. 2.2GHz Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost to 3.4GHz), 16GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 2.5GHz Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost to 3.7GHz), 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and Intel Iris Pro Graphics & NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M w/2GB DDR5 RAM 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost to 4.0GHz), 16GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, and Intel Iris Pro Graphics N…
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Best iPhoneography of the week: Introductions!
by Guest Michelle Haag- 0 replies
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Image by iMore reader thecure812. Every day, millions of photos are taken around the world, and a good chunk of those are taken on an iPhone. It's no wonder why — the iPhone is super portable, has an amazing iSight camera and an incredibly easy to use Camera app. Combine that with the ability to share photos instantly via Twitter, Instagram and other social networks, and you have the perfect solution for capturing and publishing any moment imaginable. So, each week we're going to scour the social networks for uplifting, inspiring, touching, and all around amazing photos using #iphone #iphoneography #vscocam and similar hashtags and embed the best of what we find. And s…
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TV, movie, and music picks of the week: La Roux, Jodorowsky's Dune, The Strain and more!
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Every week Apple adds tons of new media content on iTunes — music, books, movies and more. It's impossible to keep up with all of it, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! This week we've got the long-awaited sophomore album from La Roux, new soul from a 50 year veteran, the book upon which FX's new hit vampire TV series is based and much more! Trouble In Paradise - La Roux 2009 seems like ages ago, and it is ages in pop music terms. But that's when the first, self-titled La Roux album debuted, and here's the sophomore effort. Elly Jackson, the voice and the face behind La Roux, returns for more infection electronic pop with a differenc…
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Expanding Open Source technologies on Windows
by Guest Adam Denning- 0 replies
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At //build/ 2014 earlier this year, Microsoft took a number of broad steps to embrace open source, from WinJS and .NET to the open cloud on Azure and investments and efforts to enable your favorite open-source technologies on Windows. Continuing on that promise, and to celebrate our presence at OSCON 2014, we are delighted to announce support for another popular OSS technology - CMake. CMake for Windows Store and Windows Phone apps CMake is a cross-platform project files generator that enables re-use of shared C++ code across multiple IDEs or project systems. An early build of CMake that allows you to target Windows Store and Windows Phone apps is available on Co…
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Introduction to universal Windows apps in Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1
by Guest Larry Lieberman- 0 replies
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This post was written by Microsoft MVP Pavel Yosifovich. ----- This week we're featuring guest blog posts from some of the members of our Microsoft developer MVP program. Microsoft MVPs are passionate, expert community leaders who share their real-world knowledge and experience building solutions with Microsoft platforms. Pavel Yosifovish, CTO at CodeValue; Can Bilgin, Senior Solutions Architect at CompuSight Corp.; and Rob Miles, a university lecturer, have all recently had experience implementing universal Windows apps, so we thought it would be especially useful to showcase the things they've learned and how they've been able to leverage much of the same cod…
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Microsoft kicks off //oneweek and you won’t believe the hacks!
by Guest Suzanne Choney- 0 replies
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Members of the Eye Gaze hackathon team, who want to help Scott Gleason be able to use his eyes to turn his Surface Pro 3 on and off. (Photo Credit: Scott Eklund / Red Box Pictures) There were “easier” projects that could have been done for //oneweek. Members of the Ability Hackathon: Eye Gaze team had a list of them, mulled them over and weighed their pros and cons. But Steve Gleason hadn’t asked the team about easy. He’d asked for some real help. The former NFL player, living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), uses his Surface Pro to speak with the help of eye-tracking technology. His story was shared when he narrated a Microsoft ad on TV during Super Bowl…
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Game theory: A conversation with ‘Halo’ executive producer Kiki Wolfkill
by Guest Steve Wiens- 0 replies
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Somewhere off the main drag of sleepy Kirkland, Washington, tucked away from the restaurants and art galleries that line the waterfront, rests a setback, sunken office building. From the street, this mass of concrete and angles looks unremarkable. Inside, however, the nondescript building is home to 343 Industries and ground zero for the multi-billion dollar “Halo” video game franchise. A towering replica of “Halo” protagonist the Master Chief stares down at me as I wait in the lobby for Kiki Wolfkill, executive producer for the “Halo” franchise and leader of linear storytelling for 343 Industries. Even as a statue, this faceless warrior looks intimidating. From his pe…
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iTunes Match hanging up on you? Here's how to fix it!
by Guest Allyson Kazmucha- 0 replies
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iTunes Match lets you sync all of your music with iTunes in the Cloud so you can stream it to any iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV without having to take up any physical storage space. While iTunes Match is incredibly convenient when it works, it isn't completely error proof either. Whether it's hanging up while trying to sync music in iTunes or your music isn't showing up on your iPhone or iPad, here are some steps you can take to try and remedy the issue. 1. Check iTunes Match service status Sometimes Apple does routine maintenance on specific iCloud services. If you're getting stuck on the "Sending information to Apple" stage in iTunes, this is most likely the rea…
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Review 17: Godzilla, Pacific Rim, and Kaiju!
by Guest Rene Ritchie- 0 replies
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Review is like app or game coverage but for movie series, television shows, comic books, and other geeky entertainment. It's great stuff you can watch and enjoy on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV! On this week's episode Dave, Georgia, and Rene are joined by Peter Cohen and Anthony Casella to talk Kaiju — giant Japanese monster movies! From Godzilla to Jurassic Park to Godzilla Cloverfield to Pacific Rim to… Godzilla! Support Review: Go to squarespace.com and use offer code REVIEW to save 10% off your first order. Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via iTunes Download Directly Follow on Twitter Show notes Jurassic Park - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play | Xbox Video …
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How to better protect your iPhone and iPad against 'backdoors' and other security and privacy...
by Guest Rene Ritchie- 0 replies
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Security and convenience are perpetually at war. There will always be errors, compromises, and oversights that put our privacy at risk. Old ones will get fixed but new ones will get discovered. So what can we do? Luckily, while some of the conveniences of iOS and OS X make our devices easier to use, there are also ways to remove those conveniences and make our devices even more secure. If your privacy is worth more to you than ease of use, here's how you can better lock down your iPhone and/or iPad, and any Mac it might connect to. IMPORTANT: These steps are not necessary for most people, most of the time. Following them will absolutely make your iPhone, iPad, and/or M…
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Blink aims for the security camera trifecta: wireless, affordable, and long-lasting
by Guest Derek Kessler- 0 replies
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A new Kickstarter project, Blink, is mixing up the standard home security camera model by going truly wireless. There are plenty of home security systems out there with "wireless" cameras, but that wireless is only in the transmission of data — they still need to be wired up for power. Blink, however, is touted as having a year's worth of battery inside. And unlike other systems which hook into a central hub, Blink ties straight into your Wi-Fi network and communicates to their cloud service and an app on your phone (with plans for iOS and Android). Blink gets its long battery life through a combination of low-power processing, radio, and motion sensing. By relying o…
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Best iPhone and iPad apps of the week: Modern Combat 5, Matter, and more!
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Once again we've gathered together the best iPhone apps and best iPad apps and games released this week! We'll regularly dig up the best, freshest social, music, photography and productivity apps for iOS, not to mention action games, shooter games, puzzle games, and anything in between. Come on and dig in to see our favorite releases over the last seven days! Revolution 60 Revolution 60 is an all-female RPG with action, highly stylized 3D graphics, and decisions with consequences. Players will have to make some tough calls as a futuristic assassin named Holiday. The action sequences will require some quick-action responses to on-screen prompts, which is perfect …
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Deal of the Day: Amzer Soft Gel TPU Gloss Skin for iPhone 5/5S
by Guest Brent Zaniewski- 0 replies
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Today Only: Buy the Amzer Soft Gel TPU Gloss Skin for iPhone 5/5S and save 67% The Soft Gel TPU gloss finish abridges your iPhone's subtle contours, giving you the sleek look of a hard case and the shock absorption of a soft case. This case is fashioned from multiple thermoacrylics forming a case that is highly elastic and highly resistant to oil, corrosion and abrasions. Colors include black, blue, pink, clear and green. Continue reading...
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NSFW: Naysayers, Yosemite Public Beta and You
by Guest Peter Cohen- 0 replies
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Editor's note: NSFW is a new weekly feature we're trying on iMore starting today. It's an editorial soapbox; I'll be sharing thoughts that may or may not have anything to do with the technology you read about the rest of the week here on iMore. Hope you enjoy! A busy week in Apple news, what with Yosemite Public Beta's introduction and Apple's quarterly earnings report. I was really happy with the Mac numbers for this past quarter; the Mac is continuing to truck along nicely despite the PC's continued decline. While I'll cop to at least a bit of schadenfreude in knowing that PC sales suck, I have to admit that my tune's changed over the years. I just find being an a…
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Apple reportedly acquired BookLamp startup earlier this year for $10-15 Million
by Guest Chris Parsons- 0 replies
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When it comes to acquiring smaller companies, Apple has a bit of a history of trying to make it all happen as quiet as possible. Sometimes it works and other times, well it doesn't work out so well at all and folks spill the beans on them well before Apple is ready. In the case of BookLamp, otherwise known as 'Pandora For Books' it seems they might have once again had their cover blown. Although the report from TechCrunch notes it happened earlier this year, if the report is correct that secrecy has finally come to an end. TechCrunch has learned that Apple has made another acquisition, one that it is using to boost its e-books effort and "beat Amazon at its own g…
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U.S. House clears legislation to make unlocking cellphones legal
by Guest Chris Parsons- 0 replies
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Although most people generally don't think of it when they go to unlock their cellphone for another carrier, the process of doing so in the U.S. has been a topic of much debate involving consumers, the House of Representatives, and even the President of the United States. For those unfamiliar, service providers like AT&T and Verizon typically lock their devices so they can only be used with their service. If unlocked, phones can be taken over to other carriers. This is hugely important for promoting healthy competition and empowering consumer choice, not to mention being very useful for travel. Cellphone unlocking had previously been allowed but that law expir…